WHAT HAPPENED?
The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:10pm
What happened to The Effervescent Girl
of Yesterday
Who willingly drove into Shelburne
for lunch & coffee
with Her Daughter
dressed — The Effervescent Girl —
care-free in Her LL Bean Jeans & Blouse
delivering Her Daughter’s grad photo
to be framed
What happened to make today come
where She finds Her Self
tired & sullen
dressed again in black
to drive to Yarmouth
for Her Husband’s CT Scan
to come home to a trapped cat
Who’s made an unwashable mess
on Eliza’s comforter?
Joanna Gilman Hyde 